Important Note:You will not see the Filters unless your Movie is set to be published in the Flash 8 Player. It also needs to be set to ActionScript 2 otherwise you will get error messages. It is best to set these options right from the start.

Go to: File > Publish Settings

If the Flash Tab is not selected, select it:

Note: This Tab will not be visible unless the Flash box (under the Formats Tab) is selected: .

For Version select: Flash Player 8

For ActionScript version select: ActionScript 2

Click: OK

Note: For the next section you will need to have a Photo saved to a location that you can find. If you want use my Jpeg photo. Right click (Mac: Ctrl + click) on the photo and select: Save Picture As...

Right click on the photo and save the picture.

Import a Photo: File > Import > Import to Stage(Ctrl R)

Convert photo to a Movie Clip: Modify > Convert to Symbol(F8)

Give the Movie Clip an appropriate name: myMovieClip

For type select: Movie Clip

This is my Movie Clip:

My Movie Clip before the Color Matrix has been applied.

Note: It is possible to apply the Color Matrix Filter directly to a photo using Linkage from the Library. In this tutorial I am not using the Linkage system but placing the Jpeg into a Movie Clip.